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1 Chapter - 1 PART - A GENERAL INTRODUCTION This chapter highlights the literature survey on the topic of resynthesis of array antennas stating the objective of the thesis and giving a brief idea on how the thesis is organized. The literature review presented in this part of the chapter highlights the currently unresolved deficiencies and limitations and discusses the aspects of these limitations to be addressed in the current work of this thesis. This chapter also gives at a glance the broad theme of the thesis and how the individual chapters are organized INTRODUCTION One of the applications of array antennas can be found in Radar engineering for navigation such as Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) wherein different types of errors persist and a very small error in beam steering immediately causes deviation from the line of sight for receiving of satellite information at the ground station. In few cases, the high sidelobe level interferes with the other channels of communication as the minimum angle of coverage is only 2 0. To overcome such problems, an idea of correction of these errors in the excitation coefficients of an array is proposed by a method of resynthesis and restoration which is applied for the magnitude and phase of the excitation of individual elements. The field pattern changes are observed using multiple near-zone probes and the correction technique is further made more adaptive and appropriate with compressive sensing. The technique proposed can be used for calibrating array antennas Objective of the Thesis To design and optimize the performance of an array antenna, using the Modified Gradient Based Algorithm, towards the desired pattern in the work environment yet without any deviations in the specifications. Resynthesis of the desired pattern also includes the analysis on finding the fault elements and the adaptive correction of excitation coefficients. 1

2 Research on Resynthesis of Array Antennas The idea of correcting the excitations of the array antenna arises from the basic work done on array antennas and study on the beam steering capability of a planar array resulted in an error of 4 0 when simulated in CONCERTO software (Appendix-A1) and the reason for the deviation or the error is likely due to the external effects like noise addition, resulting from different sources assumed within the software. Implementation of amplitude weighting functions on arrays results in a compromise between low side lobe levels and loss in main beam directivity. To estimate the error, a Modified Gradient Based Algorithm is used, and the error is minimized to a tolerable value and optimized according to the requirement. Simulations ensued in correction of field pattern through the above technique indicate good outcomes matching with the desired pattern of an array antenna. There is always a possibility of fault element existence in the array which is one of the reasons for degradation in the array s performance. The fault elements are found with minimum data processing using the compressive sensing technique and results are presented with the discussion of deviations found out and the reconstruction as well with respect to radiation patterns. The literature survey is presented in detail. The subject of random errors and phased array quantization errors are outlined in the basic antenna array theory [1, 2], focusing on array pattern analysis and its synthesis for periodic linear array, planar array, phased array, and conformal array. Work extending to synthesis techniques like arbitrary sidelobe control, shaped beams, and phase-only null steering which use computer algorithms is also outlined [2]. Observations related to sidelobe level dependency on random phase error [3] in a linear array antenna by assuming a uniform distribution of phase error and the effect of this phase error has occasionally isolated the presence of element failure. A theoretical statistical analysis on the effects of random errors in which a statistical model is developed [4], and it is then strongly argued that the model closely approximates the nature of the radiated electric field produced by an array of a large number of current elements, where the individual element currents are in error both in

3 3 amplitude and phase. Random errors and their effects on the beam pointing, directivity and side lobes are extensively discussed ([5], Ch. 7). Results are reported that by simply adding some noise to the signal before it is quantized and subtracting the same noise at the receiver, the quantization steps can be broken up and the source rate reduced [6], doubling the efficiency of the Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) Channel. Using pseudo-random number generators synchronized at the transmitter as well as at the receiver to provide the identical noise which makes this process possible. Discussion about the concept of Dithering Signals in view of their effect on the quantisation noise [7] has shown that a necessary and sufficient condition for the noise to be independent of the signal is that a measurable quantity, called the D factor, be zero. The dependency of the effects of dither is on its amplitude distribution function [8]. From a detailed study, an approach is established under probabilistic (i.e., weak) assumptions on the concepts of dither. The concepts of dithering and the idea of introducing pseudo-random noise, involved in this thesis sounds similar and are used for the purpose of error minimization procedure [6, 7, 8 and 9]. The design, development and testing of the THAAD (Theater High Altitude Area Defense) solid state phased array (formerly ground based radar) [10] describes how the array operates in various aperture illumination modes, self-calibrating the field and designed to be fail soft. The formulation of a general procedure for the maximization of gain for arbitrary antenna arrays whose excitation coefficients are subject to random fluctuations/errors is explained [11]. Correlations are allowed to exist between the random fluctuations and numerical examples simply illustrate the dependency of gain, the beam efficiency, the radiation pattern and the optimum coefficients for excitation of elements on the standard deviation and correlation distance of the parameter errors. The array antenna synthesis based on adjustment of phase and amplitude by a digital technique is reported. Experimental results demonstrating the feasibility of the digital

4 4 techniques is reported [12]. Synthesizing an array antenna towards achieving a particular goal has resulted in finding appropriate excitation coefficients. This has resulted in desired radiation patterns [13]. In order to maximize the expected directive gain of an array antenna, a general procedure is proposed, where the excitation amplitudes and phases are subjected to random errors. Correlation between random errors and the excitation coefficients are analyzed and for small variances maximum expected gain and required excitation coefficients are derived. The importance of random errors in the optimization of array antennas is demonstrated [14]. A technique for effective controlling of sidelobe levels and nulls is developed, and it is reported that in order to generate the nulls in the desired location one should adjust the excitation coefficients of the elements at the edges [15]. A lens fed array design is developed for electronic beam steering of a vehicle antenna which uses sequentiallobing technique [16]. The applications of array antennas in the field of radar and astronomy are discussed and various trends are observed which can increase bandwidth and improve efficiency of transmit/receive modules. An introduction to sparse arrays is also presented [17]. Later a measurement setup which uses multi-sensors to explore the applications related to advance high speed Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs) and Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) is discussed in the area of adaptive array antennas. The setup proposed is flexible and realizable for today s applications [18]. The measured data at certain laboratory conditions is used to check the array working status and a scalar monitor system is designed for checking and monitoring the performance of array antenna [19]. Results are presented indicating an accurate estimation of mutual coupling, using measured far field data. This method of estimation is proven to be better when compared to conventional near/far filed calculations [20]. Consistent phase error ranges from 0 0 to 14 0 and the greatest sidelobe level occurs when the failure of an element is located near to the center of the array [21]. An adaptive tracking algorithm is proposed to maintain constant track of a target in the presence of phase errors [22].

5 5 The beam direction variations are reported when there is a phase change and the effect of length of each grid cell on the gain of the array antenna is also discussed [23]. The contribution of a Meander-line towards controlling the beamwidth of the array antenna is presented using a factor called as Area reduction factor and is analyzed using the method of moments [24]. Observations on the performance of the antennas when the changes in signal phases are applied in the system are presented and the effect of changes in the excitation magnitudes is investigated for practical implementation in detail [25]. The use of fixed beam antennas to boost the downlink capacity of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) - Frequency-Division Duplexing (FDD) is reported [26]. This can be implemented in two possible ways, using four-element linear antenna at or using an even number of beams per sector. It is found that this method increases capacity gain to a large extent. By the introduction of a generalized Gaussian model, the interdependency between the shape parameter and correlation coefficients is investigated [27]. An application of DSP based adaptive array antenna which focusses on the narrow band applications is implemented and reported [28]. Active array antennas in the field of satellite communications which produce multiple beams is discussed and the designs of different arrays giving emphasis on highly modular technologies at higher frequency bands is also reviewed [29]. Performance of array antennas in the reception of Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) signals is analyzed through a function of covariance matrix within an operating environment and for a selective array antenna configuration [30]. Theoretical analysis and application studies are carried out for the development of a new era of phased array radar technology. Demonstration and evaluation of calibration and beam forming technique is presented as a research activity [31]. A self-calibrating phased array antenna is discussed, which predicts the array pattern using appropriate measurements with the help of an internal test source and measuring the errors due to quantization [32]. Adaptive algorithms are developed which mainly concentrates on the convergence of the algorithm with higher order errors. The characterization and the behaviour of the Constant Modulus Algorithm is developed

6 6 which uses the error computed in the present state in order to estimate the future filter coefficients [33]. A survey on phased array antennas summarized the ongoing developments and a good number of algorithms for effective utilization of phased array antennas which incorporated future trends in active and passive elements [34]. The statistical-based evaluations in order to find the direction of arrival estimation are developed and presented addressing the implementation of various key issues related to separation of noise at a low signal to noise ratio levels [35]. An enhanced performance of the smart antenna is evaluated reducing the interference in the antenna received system, prior to beam forming [36]. An adaptive search method is proposed and its performance is studied with the help of simulated results in order to find the error and estimate the target distribution density [37]. A practical design of a smart antenna using Direction-Of-Arrival (DOA) based on MUltiple SIgnal Classification (MUSIC) algorithm is presented [38]. The results obtained are simulated and processed using MATLAB which clearly indicates improvement in performance of the smart antenna system designed using DOA and MUSIC algorithm. Focused results on the phased linear and circular array design modelling are presented [39] with a main motto to improve performance and directivity and to reduce the minimum peak Side-Lobe Level (SLL) maintaining the same scanning range i.e. all azimuth plane. Results are reported on the use of a cross entropy method to obtain minimum peak SLL and position nulls at specific angular locations in linear antennas. Cross entropy method is also suggested to be used in comparison to Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) [40]. The complexity of the design of array antennas can be reduced by reducing the number of radiating elements and using parasitic dipoles in front of small, linear active array dipoles to get a low side lobe pattern with a good directivity [41]. An element antenna is fabricated using dielectric keeping in mind the conical radiation pattern of an element antenna. Improving this antenna using 19 elements it is found that this antenna can be suitably used in mobile stations of satellite communication [42].

7 7 A proposal of Multi-Carrier Code Division Multiple Access (MCCDMA) - Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO) adaptive beam forming LMS algorithm instead of a Space Time Block Code (STBC)-MIMO-MCCDMA system with Root- Mean-Square Error (RMSE) algorithm for better results is reported [43]. It also suggests to use a more number of elements in array of the receiver for better performance. Discussion about the drawbacks in PSO and GA and a need of hybrid algorithms for better optimization to achieve optimal designs of array antennas [44]. By MATLAB analysis it has been found that by using PSO algorithms and GAs beam broadening can be achieved in Phased Array Antenna (PAA) with an advantage of the higher aperture utilization factor and a lower peak side lobe level. Comparison of approximation and absolute values in the antenna radiation pattern is reported. It has been found that the error between the approximation and absolute values, can be neglected near the main lobe but it increases with the angle [45]. Differential evolution algorithm is used to a greater effect to optimize the ring radius and spacing between individual elements resulting in reducing the side lobe level of concentric ring array antenna [46]. A low profile phased array antenna is suggested as an alternative to reflector antenna in Satellite Communications (Satcoms) on the Move (SOTM). Optimization has been done using genetic algorithm and it has been found that the side lobes can be suppressed by 7.1dB after optimization [47]. Compressed Sensing technique has been discussed as it does not need any modification in the present systems of near field measurements, but gives a better result practically at zero cost. However, this technique requires further research related to sampling theorem and compressed sensing theory [48]. An array diagnosis using Compressive Sensing that allows a significant decrease in the number of measurements compared to that of elements of the array is implemented [49-52]. This method is efficient in the case of large arrays where measurement time is usually very high [51] and [53]. The concept of Compressive Sensing is considered for work when the array size is comparatively large and a proper number of measurements are to be chosen for reconstruction of the radiation pattern through these measurements. Further, the

8 8 Modified Gradient Based Algorithm is applied in correction and effective estimation of the excitation coefficients towards the sidelobe level suppression and a relatively good array pattern. The different algorithms from the literature are intended to process the individual elements of the array however the proposed Modified Gradient Based Algorithm simultaneously works on the elements of the array. Recent advancements on this topic are in progress and are at research level in developed countries. There is still a lot of interest in generating fast and efficient calibration techniques for large phased arrays [55, 58 and 59]. The idea of employing dithering is new in calibration techniques and was initiated by R. Janaswamy [60] through adaptive techniques for antenna systems Organization of Thesis This chapter gives an overview of array antennas, where the parameters of array antennas are compared to single antenna mainly focusing on high beam directivity, electronic scanning and sidelobe suppression. The literature survey and brief discussion about array antenna characteristics, terminology, signal processing concepts, optimization techniques used, are discussed and presented in this chapter. Finding the existence of errors and the deviations which cause the performance degradation is reported in Chapter 2. Further, discussion on effect of random errors on the sidelobe level and error analysis is brought out using the near field observations. Effect of the element failures in the linear array antenna on the sidelobe level is also carefully reported in this chapter. Optimization methods for array antenna synthesis are explained emphasizing the statistics based weighting methods in Chapter 3. The Least Mean Square (LMS) algorithm which employs a gradient based error minimization technique, Kalman filtering and H-infinity filtering are discussed. A comparison among LMS, Kalman filtering, H-infinity filtering is reported to analyze which technique improves the array factor. Resynthesis of the array coefficients, using concepts of signal processing and employing a Modified Gradient Based error minimization algorithm is presented in

9 9 Chapter 4. The technique considered for the error minimization can be employed to generate the reference field efficiently for calibration of phased array antennas. Correction of the array coefficients achieved by employing Modified Gradient Based Algorithm, has shown considerable results for both the noise-free and Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) case (subjected to various noise levels). The robustness of the proposed algorithm is analyzed in different cases and results are presented accordingly. The demand for appropriate correction of coefficients in the presence of noise lead to the use of multiple sensors and the results are presented in Chapter 5 with detailed discussion. Necessity for minimizing the data set and number of measurements, is discussed, in view of implementing the Modified Gradient Based Algorithm using the concepts of Compressive Sensing. In order to analyze the errors and deviations in radiation patterns due to the element failures, a comparative analysis is carried out on the linear array with and without the presence of noise. The Modified Gradient Based Algorithm is then implemented in order to correct the deteriorated sidelobe levels in the case of element failures and the results are presented in Chapter 6. Summary of the work, conclusions and future work for extending the idea as a hardware set-up for real time applications is presented. Besides, the demand for resynthesis of array antenna patterns in few fields like Radio Astronomy and Satellite Communications are further discussed. Summary of Novel Contribution The process of error estimation and correction of the actual coefficients is performed using Modified Gradient Based Algorithm on several cases incorporating varying dithering conditions both in the case of noise free and noisy cases. A major contribution from this work is to identify the faulty elements and reconstruction of array patterns for onboard antenna systems. Efforts are put towards the correction of array pattern in the case of faulty elements, which results in obtaining the control on sidelobe levels at the cost of beamwidth broadening.

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